Michigan voter registration deadlines:
15+ days before an election, voters can register online, by mail, or in person.
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@keltoi.bsky.socialMichigan voter registration deadlines:
15+ days before an election, voters can register online, by mail, or in person.
20 days left til the election so you have 5 more days🙃💚💥
@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1993, Circus Circus Enterprises opened the Luxor on the Strip. The $375 million pyramid-shaped resort has a large sphinx outside. Inclinators take guests to rooms.
Days 'til early voting: 2
Days 'til general: 19
@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 2008, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal died in Florida at 79. Rosenthal was a mob-associated fixture in Vegas. A character inspired by him was played by Robert DeNiro in "Casino."
Days 'til early voting: 4
Days 'til general: 21
@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 2012, the media reported on a debate between Senate candidates Dean Heller and Shelley Berkley on Vegas PBS. During a discussion of energy, the power went out in the studio!
Days 'til early voting: 5
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1936, Hoover Dam (then Boulder) began transmitting electricity across 266 miles of desert and mountains to Los Angeles. A "Lights on Parade" celebration in LA drew 1M people.
Days 'til early voting: 8
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 2015, Trump gave his 1st NV campaign speech at Treasure Island. Later, he tweeted: “Just leaving Las Vegas. Unbelievable crowd! Many Hispanics who love me and I love them!"
Days 'til early voting: 9
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1980, NBC broadcast a segment called “Wayne Newton and the Law.” It tied the singer to the mob. Newton sued, won $22.3 million, eventually reduced and then overturned.
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 2017, a fire destroyed the Moulin Rouge, the first racially integrated hotel-casino in the US opened in 1955. A high-level meeting there in 1960 ended segregation in Vegas.
Days 'til early voting: 12
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 2005, the amended Joint Operating Agreement took effect between
@reviewjournal
and
@LasVegasSun
. Since Sheldon Adelson bought the RJ in 2015, the pact has been in jeopardy.
Days 'til early voting: 15
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1992, Jimmy Connors, 40, defeated Martina Navratilova, 35, by 7-5, 6-2 in an exhibition at Caesars Palace. Connors took home $500,000 for the win in a "Battle of Champions."
Days 'til early voting: 22
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1923, Robert Laxalt was born in CA. Paul's younger brother worked as a reporter, wrote 17 books and founded the University of Nevada Press. Read "Sweet Promised Land."
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1911, a group of lawyers gathered at the Washoe County Courthouse and the Nevada Bar was born. In 1928, the Legislature created the State Bar, which replaced the original.
Days 'til early voting: 24
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1948, President Truman campaigned in Sparks and Reno. Sen. Pat McCarran and Gov. Vail Pittman were there. He spoke mostly on the need for citizens to get out and vote.
Days 'til early voting: 25
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1861, Horace Greeley ("Go West, young man") wrote in NY Tribune of the Humboldt region of NV Territory: “It must be a good mineral region, for it is good for nothing else."
Days 'til early voting: 29
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 2001, Vegas HS teacher Barbara Edwards boarded American Flight 77 after visiting her son in NYC. Edwards, 58, died when the plane crashed into the Pentagon.
Never forget.
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@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1929, Mike O'Callaghan was born in WI. A two-term NV gov and newspaper exec, without him, there would have been no Sen. Harry Reid. Read the book:
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ga...
Days 'til early voting: 37
Days 'til general: 54
@ralstonreports.bsky.socialGood morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1991, the Tailhook convention ended in a sexual assault scandal involving military officers. Navy Lt. Paula Coughlin won judgments against the group and the LV Hilton.
Days 'til early voting: 39
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